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Justice Thomas Slams Liberals in Voucher Opinion
Cornell Law Review ^
| 6/27/02
| Justice Clarence Thomas
Posted on 06/27/2002 11:38:41 AM PDT by frmrda
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To: The Vast Right Wing
He's certainly one of mine.
To: frmrda
GMTA
I sent that exact passage to my favorite liberal, along with pointing out that the POOREST justices [Thomas and Scalia] voted to help poor kids, while the RICHEST [Breyer and Ginsburg] voted to hurt poor kids, by keeping them trapped in failing schools.
To: The Vast Right Wing
Why this man is not a hero to blacks in America is a mystery to me.Y'know, he could very well be a hero to them, but the press would never report it.
To: frmrda
The failure to provide education to poor urban children perpetuates a vicious cycle of poverty, dependence, criminality, and alienation ...and many, many nanny-state liberal Democrat constituents. That's what it's all about, keeping the poor ranks dependant on government handouts.
To: frmrda
I would agree but all that credit gets eaten up b/c King George the first also appointed David Souter. He certainly screwed that one up.
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posted on
06/27/2002 12:02:40 PM PDT
by
Hacksaw
To: onedoug
and his nibbling around the edges of the "poverty causes crime" bit. That's not what he said. He said that lack of education leads to both.
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posted on
06/27/2002 12:03:47 PM PDT
by
lepton
To: mhking
Bump for Mr. Justice Thomas and the good Dr. Sowell!
BTTT
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posted on
06/27/2002 12:05:50 PM PDT
by
Gumlegs
To: mhking
I'm convinced he'll become chief justice before his tenure endsI heard him give a speach to some kids in a bootcamp a couple of years ago on C-SPAN... very moving and inspirational, truly one of the greats!
I just hope his wife didnt take julianne malveux's advice about feeding him a high fat diet (encouraging assination by clogged arteries?).
To: frmrda
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posted on
06/27/2002 12:10:37 PM PDT
by
ppaul
To: frmrda
Wonderful post. God Bless Justice Thomas and d*mn race baiting and poverty pimping....
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posted on
06/27/2002 12:12:34 PM PDT
by
eureka!
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To: Hacksaw
Whatever my fellow Freepers may think of King George the 1st, we should give him respect for appointing Clarence Thomas.When George I nominated Thomas, I thought, "Wow, he's black and grew up poor, the only way the liberals can oppose him is with someone who is black, grew up poor, and female." Sure enough . . . .
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posted on
06/27/2002 12:18:06 PM PDT
by
JoeSchem
To: frmrda
Thomas is brilliant:
Whatever the textual and historical merits of incorporating the Establishment Clause, I can accept that the Fourteenth Amendment protects religious liberty rights. But I cannot accept its use to oppose neutral programs of school choice through the incorporation of the Establishment Clause. There would be a tragic irony in converting the Fourteenth Amendments guarantee of individual liberty into a prohibition on the exercise of educational choice. That's it in a nutshell -- to exclude certain choices on Establishment grounds represents an establishment in its own right: "you can use this anywhere except at a religious school."
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06/27/2002 12:20:36 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: frmrda
If society cannot end racial discrimination, at least it can arm minorities with the education to defend themselves from some of discriminations effects Powerful sentence. Bigotry and prejudice are a part of the human condition. We seek "our own" in order to belong. The stronger members of society may give special favors to disadvantaged groups, but often these advantages are mere crumbs, designed to keep the disadvantaged in a permanant dependent state.
One needs only to look at the welfare program or the call for reparations. A promise of something for nothing only perpetuates ignorance and poverty.
The goal is not to make up for past mistakes by tipping the power balance in favor of minorities, but to provide an opportunity for equal footing in the world today.
Armed with an education, minorities can rise above the crumbs. This country is strong because we always believed anything was possible. Capitalism works because anyone can succeed. Armed with an education, minorities have as much of a chance to succeed as anyone.
To: frmrda
If society cannot end racial discrimination, at least it can arm minorities with the education to defend themselves from some of discriminations effects. God Bless Justice Thomas!
This is also reminds me of President's Bush's comment about the 'soft bigotry' of system which keeps poor children in a failing school.
To: B-Chan
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06/27/2002 12:27:03 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: frmrda
It is, you have to read the whole opinion. Also, he joined Rehnquist's majority opinion, which discusses in great detail why this system does not violate the Establishment Clause. Did the decision just come down? Vouchers won?!
To: Hacksaw
And he admits he made a huge mistake on Souter! He should never have listend to the former Senator Warren Rudman from VT (?) who joined the mccain campaign as another slap in the face to the Bush Family AFTER he gave us Souter.
To: *SCOTUS_List
To: r9etb
It is, of course. I would presume it's based on the idea that powers not granted to the federal government (like education) are granted to the states. Further, it's based on the idea, one would guess, that there's been no infringement of the first amendment. Am eager to read his opinion in full.
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